It’s not the biggest virus I’ve made to destroy a planetary population. It’s not the fastest spreading either. But its really hard to stop. I’m gonna call it the “Shifty Virus”.

Kinda reminds me of a shifty running back from UCLA

Paul Perkins was a very productive back for the
Bruins in his time at UCLA.

In fact, the undersized back won the 2015 Doak Walker Award given to the nation’s best running back.

I’m guessing the voters noted his 14 rushing touchdowns in 2015. Or maybe they even considered his career 29 rushing touchdowns.

But Perkins was not used solely as a, rusher at UCLA. He also had 3 career receiving touchdowns, gathering more than 2o catches over the last 3 seasons and gaining more than 200 receiving yards each of those three seasons.

Perkins looks like a good fit for this Dolphin’s offense since he can run and catch.

But his pass blocking leads a little bit to be desired.

Maybe he should take pointers from his father, “Bruce” who played fullback in the NFL or his uncle Don, who played 8 seasons with the Cowboys.

But don’t pay too much attention to the blocking, he’s undersized and he can learn.

Instead, take a look at his rushing stats. 1343 yards in 2015 and 1575 in 2014.

How did Perkins get those yards?

Well, the 210 pounder did not run through people and his 4.56 40 speed isn’t blazing by NFL standards.

But a jump cut here – a change in direction there.

This guy is shifty. You might see a few defenders lose their shoes trying to stop him.

Which reminds me of a certain virus I’m making to destroy a species.

If Paul Perkins was an alien weapon of destruction he would be “Wedge’s Prototype #453 Killing virus a/k/a the Shifty Virus”

Why isn’t anybody cutting and pasting the stupid Twitter posts about our practice today? Best 10th round draft pick? Really? The fins are on the field! But not Suh or Jones (who is rumored to be unhappy with his contract. ) Misi is also Misi ng

Steve,
what you’re saying is the other teams need help in other areas just like we do and Elliot isn’t good enough for them and we need help in all those same areas but we should take him. Sound logic.

In an interview with the Dan Patrick Show, Ezekiel Elliott said the Bears are in love with him.
Picking at No. 11 overall, the Bears are an under-the-radar landing spot for Elliott. Jeremy Langford appears poised to take over the starting role following the departure of Matt Forte, but Chicago showed they were interested in adding to their backfield by pursuing C.J. Anderson in free agency. The Dolphins are reportedly considering trading up to land Elliott, and the Bears could be the team they feel they need to jump in order to get their guy.

I think we may need a DE stud early on.
Wake is still an unknown, and even when back healthy, he’ll likely be a situational pass rusher on 3rd downs I’d think.
So let’s say Mario can be Super again on one side. Who’s gonna create pressure & seal the edge on the other side?
The rest are all question marks, Branch? Fede? McCain? Moore? Laing? Jordan???

Laing is a longshot. Will Jordan be reinstated? Branch’s strength is against the run but he’s not much of a pass rusher. The one thing he does have is the ability to tip or bat the ball down with his length. Fede is looking at a make or break season. If he doesn’t show something this year this could be it for him. The same could be said about Chris McCain. If he doesn’t show up this season he probably won’t be around much longer. How much time will they put into these late rd/udfa’s if they aren’t producing anything? Moore is one guy who’s got a shot at making an impact. He was a pretty good prospect coming out of A&M and if he gets his head on straight he could have a pretty good season. Probably a situational pass rusher at this size. Maybe they envision him as an OLB since he only goes about 257.

If Jones plays this year, and he will, he will have received $21,660,882 of his $28M contract. Only $15M was guaranteed so that should be a plus to him. He also received $5M of it upfront in the form of a signing bonus. So, he’s really got nothing to complain about. Should the Dolphins be looking to extend him?

So with regards to players teams might draft and who might be available at 13. I think you can count 2, and likely 3 QBs taken. Who they are taken by, is a little bit of a question with regards to the 3rd. Outside chance there are 4 taken, but im going to say probably not likely enough to count on.

I have been scouring the fan pages and rumors for all teams before us and its Goff/Wentz 1 and 2, though there is real disparity between what people think will be the order(order doesnt matter to me for this).

Ramsey given his talent level and Chargers strong need at FS seems to be a lock at 3, though they could take Buckner, also outside chance of Tunsil.

Cowboys are always a wild card because of that crazy ass owner who play GM as he second job, and likes to shock and awe. What i have heard though is they like Zeke a lot and only person they like better is Ramsey, so in my scenario with SD taking Ramsey, they take Zeke.

Jags are confusing just because of the choices they have at this spot. They do seem to be focused on defensive side of the ball, so im thinking its Jack IF they are ok with his medical eval, im still not sure i fully believe the rumors about his knee, but with them taking such a big shot at Vernon and not getting him and any questions on Jack may have them selecting Bosa or Buckner. Bosa despit my personal evaluation of him seems to be the higher rated of the two, so Bosa is my pick for them.

I think Ozzie is a smart man, and i know he likes safer bets, with Tunsil never being a hope before and their severe need at LT, i think Tunsil is now the safest and most likely selection.

SF i think takes the QB, even though he is raw, they really have no one on their current roster with promise for a future and i think Lynch actually represents a guy who, developed correctly, may wind up being the best of this draft.

Cleveland has found itself in a pretty damn good spot, at 8, tons of direction to go in, and outside of doing something incredibly stupid, they should get a winner here. This one is a hard call, because Jack is still on the boards in this scenario, Buckner is, they have an all pro LT but they have been trying to ship him off somewhere all off-season, and Stanley is still there. I think their focus will still be getting better on defense, so im going with Buckner over Jack just because i think as one team passes on him its going to start a fall for the otherwise assured top 5 guy.

Tampa Bay i would have had pegged for a defensive player, their needs are almost mirrors of our own, and while i thought it might be a DE, or a CB for their pick, having Stanley fall to them i think is too much to pass up with a young QB. I think they take Ronnie Stanley at 9.

The Giants filled a lot of holes in FA, spent a lot of money to get a solid CB, they also spend in FA at DE, so im expecting them to either address OL or LB. Again, with Jack there, this low it might be a point at which someone pulls the trigger, depends on how accurate those reports are, Floyd would be a safer option, but they really need to protect Eli better, yeah he gets rid of the ball quick but with as much invested in him as they have i think Conklin is their selection.

Bears have all but said they want Buckner, but with him going to Cleveland in this draft mock, and they have also said they want to address OL, but with all three top OT’s gone, i hate to say it i think they go CB and take Hargreaves.

It probably wouldnt have mattered much though since i am pretty sure with the disaster that the Saints secondary is, Hargreaves likely went to them after if he didn’t go to Chicago. Rumors though are outside of a couple CB’s they really want to get bigger and more dominant up front of their D and really like Rankins. They may take him and then CB in round 2, or its possible they flip it and take Jackson in round 1 and shoot for an instate guy like Vernon Butler in round 2. IMO the smarter move would be CB then DT given the drop off in talent from 1 to 2 at CB vs the very small dropoff in DT.

And with the 13th selection in the 2016 NFL draft the Miami Dolphins select….whoooooooa wait a minute we didnt even discuss the possibility of trades….

Im not sure if it makes sense for us to make a trade with someone or just stay put. If we stay put we have Shaq Lawson to really lock down the other side of our DL, a true RDE who is disruptive on passing down and solid at keeping runners from getting outside him. We also have a shot at Kevin Dodd, Robert Nkemdiche, Myles Jack (in this scenario), Reggie Ragland, etc etc. Kepp in mind though what i said about CB and the drop off in talent. Its significant, DE/DT not so much, LB is a decent drop off, but there are till players like Jones, and Brothers, and Wright, etc who might be that special talent guy that just needs to work behind a starter for a year. So to me it makes sense if we arent giving up a lot, to trade up for a CB…

So who is the trade partner, what makes most sense as compensation. In scenario above to get Hargreaves (im assuming he would be the target) we would need to trade up with a team who picks before Chicago. NYG doesnt really make sense since they probably wouldnt want to risk losing out on Conklin to Chicago with the next pick, so it would have to either be a really sweet trade compensation or they stay put. I also think a team like TB would be out if it meant giving up on a guy like Stanley, especially with NYG’s behind them. I think if we have any shot at a trade up it needs to be with a team who probably would be better off with more picks, and still getting someone that significantly helps their defense, and that would be the Browns.

As Tim stated before there is roughly a 250 point difference between 8 and 13, and thats roughly the value of our 3rd round pick. I suggest we send a 3rd round (and potentially a future 3rd (usually equates in value to a at least a half round lower) and our 13 to them for 8th overall and take Hargreaves. Browns take Shaq or Floyd, or even Jack and wind up accomplishing a goal to increase pass rush, or they wind up getting a guy they supposedly really like much lower than anticipated.
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Yes i know, let the comments on what kind of sacrifice of watching your kids grow up was made just to read this…. i know i know.

Tim Knight says:
April 26, 2016 at 12:27 pm
GD, I’ve thought DE quite a bit but we have a lot of DEs on the roster. Not saying don’t draft one but maybe not 1st rd.
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Yeah, I get what you’re saying and have sometimes thought the same. But will the DE’s after the 2st round just be more of the JAG’s we got now? DE is a premier position, finding a top shelf one that can turn games and be effective consistently is a real tough find.
Hope the team gets it right this draft.

Ken says:
April 26, 2016 at 1:49 pm
D:
You should just write an article for submission LOL
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You get articles from me multiple times daily lol. I almost do them now just to read the comments made about them lol.

When i was posting that one i was like, that would have made a decent pre-draft article, and Uwanr, i doubt there is more than one trade in the top 13 this year, there have already been 2 big trades i dont expect to see many of them at draft day. We may see some after ours, and we may see some before the draft, but i dont think we see a bunch between 1 and our pick on the day of the draft.

Tim Knight says:
April 26, 2016 at 1:37 pm
How many DEs are real game changers in this draft?
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If we knew that we’d be making Mayock Money!…lol
I think there’s 4, maybe 5. Depends on if they find the right system, stay healthy, and develop.
Lawson is exciting because he’s done great in college & is still just 21. Does he continue to get even better, high ceiling?
Dodd & Ogbah did a lot in limited experience. They both have coveted size for a DE.
Some say Bosa could fall to us…Bullard could be a force too.
After those guys, it get’s a little muddied for me, not that their can’t be a gem in there if used & developed correctly.

I think you have Dodd, Lawson, Buckner (yes as a DE), Bosa, Bullard, Nkemdiche, Flloyd, Spence and Jones, that will hit the ground running. I think Ogbah, Calhoun, Nassib, Tapper and Kaufusi all turn out to be good selections as well and also likely start right away even if it takes them a little to really develop into great players. This really seems like a deep pass rushing draft, some of the guys listed above will also give us DL flexibility as they can line up and put pressure on the QB from most ever spot on the DL.

D… I’m watching some Talking Head along with Bill Polian about the tiers of the draft and what could happen. Both seem to think the Bears will make a move to trade up to one of Ramsey, Tunsil, Hargreaves or Zeke. They also think they may trade down.
I basing us trading on Tbaum’s previous form. We will know soon.

D says:
April 26, 2016 at 2:14 pm
I think you have Dodd, Lawson, Buckner (yes as a DE), Bosa, Bullard, Nkemdiche, Flloyd, Spence and Jones, that will hit the ground running. I think Ogbah, Calhoun, Nassib, Tapper and Kaufusi all turn out to be good selections as well and also likely start right away even if it takes them a little to really develop into great players. This really seems like a deep pass rushing draft, some of the guys listed above will also give us DL flexibility as they can line up and put pressure on the QB from most ever spot on the DL.
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Was a reply to you GDP

GD…it is my belief these so-called Talking Heads know less than the rabid fans like us. We devour any news that we come across while these flogs listen to the Mando and Kelly of the NFL world. Lazy buggers IMO.

Tim, I think the Clemson boys can be special. they really set the tone up front for that defense this year. Both players are right in my wheelhouse on size & weight, and both seem to have more than one pass rushing move, good hand technique, balance, power, & good motors.

Bama had no answer for either of them on the national stage.
Bama got lucky on a couple short strikes to a rarely used WR/TE that took it too the house. Not the fault of Shaq or Dodd. Was a great hard fought game.

Ogbah is a little more raw, but I see him quickly following the footsteps of fellow nigerian Ziggy Ansah (they’re damn near clones). whom I wanted over Dion Jordan.

Tim Knight says:
April 26, 2016 at 2:38 pm
I know there are some good DE prospects in this draft, I was wondering if any of them are really special.
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So many variables in what makes a player special vs just having special talent im always nervous to say a person will be great. I have seen tons of players fall significantly below their potential i guess im kinda jaded to ever give a 10 rating, even though i probably give more 9’s than most. All the ones i listed in the first group up there have potential to be special and show that kind of special talent on the first year in the league, the ones in the second grouping i think also could be special level players, but we are talking patience with them getting there.

In particular i think though Dodd has something that i felt i saw from his interviews that seems really special. Confidant kind of calm in him i really though this guy is mentally prepared for the NFL, his adjustment will solely be physical. I think he may wind up being the best of all of them but he also had the least experience of the rest in college so makes it hard to say for sure.

Dolphins second-year CB Tony Lippett has gotten starting reps in voluntary practices.
It doesn’t mean a whole lot this time of year, but the Dolphins have to be open to anything opposite Byron Maxwell. The No. 156 overall pick of last year’s draft, Lippett played 137 competent rookie snaps. The Dolphins still need to be thinking much bigger.

Ansah was the guy i had for us when we took Jordan, no i had us selecting him at 12 instead of trading up for him, and i wasnt anticipating Detroit taking him when they did, so i wouldnt have gotten him, but he is the 1st round pick i had wanted.

The passing plays to those guys was exactly when i lost interest in Kearse, that and a run play with Henry where Kearse looked like a newborn calf stumbling all over himself trying to tackle him. I dont think that BJ Goodson did a great job that game either, so i think a lot of the confidence people are finding in him now, thinking he is comparable to Ragland in any way is silly. Clemson’s DE were consistantly good, they showed up against the best competition, they are legit. The rest of their defense i dont consider to be that great, Alexander is pretty good but i see him probably even below Burns in my CB rankings. Harlan Miller had he gone against better competition so i could eval them more closely might also rank above Alexander.

D, Bama hit the big plays when they needed them, The 95 yd TD return by Drake after Clemson had the a 31-27 lead, the 4th qtr onside kick recovery helped them widen the lead when OJ Howard was uncovered again. But yeah, Henry had a good game and was hard to stop inside the 5 as well.

Not after halftime no. Clemson actually had more rushing yards & more total yards. But the big plays of the 95 kick return, the onside kick & OJ Howard twice catching the secondary with their pants down did the Tigers in.

Tim Knight says:
April 26, 2016 at 2:44 pm
That’s kind of what this entire draft is, lots of good prospects, not so much team changers.
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I disagree, i think this draft, especially the DL prospects are really good. There are a couple areas that are a little weak. I think CB has a couple to 3 elite guys and then a bunch of could be greats in time.

I think several classes you may be right, there really arent bonafide studs, but overall id compare this draft much more favorably in regards to talent than last years. DL though this year is really stacked with talent.

Rockphin says:
April 26, 2016 at 3:07 pm
Damn, someone should just Cut & Paste one of D’s posts to an “article” I fell asleep reading his 12:36 post and woke up 15 minutes ago and was still scrolling past it!
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So you would read it as an article? lol…. I guess i just have to tagline the heading of the next long post “Article” and it will be all good 🙂

Tim Knight says:
April 26, 2016 at 3:16 pm
I knew it based on “The Dolphins still need to be thinking much bigger.” As if he knows and they’re not sure. LOL

Well c’mon Tim. How could Gase & VJ really know for sure.
Lippett was a 5th rd converted WR as a rookie. You still have to think, yes, we need to get another CB in here just in case this kid doesn’t continue to develop. That’s not rocket science, it’s pretty logical given the circumstances.

We had a poor secondary last year, sans Jones. We dumped our best cover man in Grimes and so far only have Maxwell to replace him. So yeah, we need a potential stud CB from the draft…IMO

I agree and its why i have felt for the entire draft process CB is our biggest concern, Grimes or not, Lippett stepping up or not, we have to make a big move at DB this year in the draft. Quddus MAY be a good addition, he may be the answer to our solution there, however he also may not. Not even a full year of starting experience. We have a bunch of ?’s with our secondary and we need to shoot for confidence in our pick for that position in the draft.

I doubt this year is any different, if he starts he isnt going to finish. I hope though we have someone we draft as a replacement so when it happens they will be ready, or in a more perfect world, they replace him day 1. Misi would be a great backup, he would give us stability in that capacity, but i do not want to depend on him for the entire year this year. Im pretty much in that same boat with Albert too.

I think Lynch has a lot of comparable traits to Tanny. Neither comes/came to the NFL with a lot of time under center at the college level. Neither were refined, lots of raw skills, tons of upside, great athleticism, etc etc. Also i would say that makes him about the same round/level prediction as Tanny which oddly enough would be at 8 with Cleveland who does need a QB, i think he actually goes at 7 though.

Rock, he’s praying for you because you still follow him on twitter….. He knows daily he subjects you to things that could cause eye injury or cause a spontaneous dumb down effect. Its part of the his legal disclaimer so any and all damage can be shown to have come with a warning and by complete accident.

D… I’m now expecting to see a pre draft article from you tomorrow. Tell us how you would approach this draft and who your picks would be. BTW that would include any trades you would make. I’m you will accomodate my request.

Tim, ok I get ya. I don’t try to read into the self aggrandizing of Mando & Omar.
But, yeah, I hope we land a stud CB. When was the last time we actually drafted a solid starting CB?
Sean Smith? Vontae Davis? We shipped both of them off.
Taylor & Will Davis have been failures…the jury is still out on Lippett & Bobbie McCain.

We need to land the right CB early, within the first 3 rounds at the very least…IMO.

The Flying Pig says:
April 26, 2016 at 4:22 pm
What
you aren’t happy with Dion Jordan, Jamar Taylor, Dallas Thomas and Will Davis?

You’re crazy
That was a great draft for us

we even managed Caleb Sturgis and Mike Gillesslee in the 5th round

What a freaking great draft for us!
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We gave up on and never really used Gillislee which i think was a mistake. You were either Philbins guy or you were never used even in the situation where the other player wasnt doing anything. Philbin by way of his OC’s really liked banging his head against a wall and also RB’s into defensive lines.

I do however get your point and its a valid one. I really dont know what happened to Sturgis either, he was freaking awesome in college, and rarely with kickers does that not translate into the NFL.

Sturgis was the only draft pick that year that I got right. Correct pick, correct round. I was lambasted for “mocking” a kicker in the 5th instead of just taking a UDFA. He was a VERY good kicker in college and I was excited when we got him. I wanted Dan Carpenter gone so bad! (then of course he played well the next year against us!)

My brother and I were out riding his motorcycles one time (he had two, one was his ex-wifes) and he laid down his bike doing about 50 MPH and slid about 200 feet on his back. When he stood up he had assless pants too! (not to mention the skinless ass!)

Ansah was the guy i had for us when we took Jordan, no i had us selecting him at 12 instead of trading up for him
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I wanted Des Trufant that year. He would be good to have right about now.

Des Trufant was one of my other options for us, i kind of really shifted more to the Ansah camp after senior bowl week, Ansah had everyone really talking about him. Really launched him into the forefront of top 10 pick discussion. Prior to that Trufant was my guy, and yeah it would be nice to have him right now.

I think Prince really was on a whole other level in the way he thought about things. I mot saying evloved would be the correct term he just saw things from different angles. To some people it made him strange, because he talked almost in riddles sometime but if you spent time thinking abotu what he said a lot of times you would see it was a really clever way he was making a point. I heard someone say that Prince pushed people to greatness, only wanted those who wanted to be great around him, and the little bit i have seen of him in interviews outside of music i really believe the guy was quietly a really remarkably smart person.

Trufant has started all 3 years in the league, he is averaging 2 picks a year, and about 15 PD’s, he also is really good in ground game defense, has averaged just a little less than 60 tackles a year over that span too.

I think people get really hung up on picks, and dont put as much weight into PD’s as they should. PD’s show you get your hands on the ball, you keep it from getting completed, the picks can really start happening when you are around the ball like that, might require a small tweak to timing your jump or just getting in the right position prior to playing the route to bait the QB some, but i think PD’s are the corner stone of a good CB and i really look for that stat when i judge a CB.

GD i ma hearing people really start to say they think Fuller is going to fully recover from his injury. He would be a pretty good option in the second round, a steal in the third if he drops that far. I think though you still take him with the idea he wont be ready by beginning of the season, so either he’s worth it to wait on or you need to go a different direction.

It wound up that year that ATL took 2 CB’s that i liked for us. Robert Alford they took i think in the 3rd round, and after i saw him at Senior Bowl week i really liked him as well. When i shifted from Trufant as our 1st rounder i switched over to Alford as my fallback for CB, and to be honest id be pretty happy having him now as well.

Senior Bowl week seems to always really do something for my scouting every year. Sometimes its just solidifying an idea i already generated watching film on a player, sometimes its nice to get to evaluate the personalities of these players get that part of things you cant get from game film, sometimes it opening an eye to a player i might have not considered to be strong enough to really take second or third looks at, either way i have always walked away from that week with someone i really though sold me and so far those guys have panned out pretty consistently.

The NFL Nation mock draft is coming up on @ESPN at 7pm ET. I will try to make the best pick for the #Dolphins. Be sure to check it out.
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I started to comment, well you are a closet Patriots fan so im sure you will only put forth the effort they let you….i see it now “Dolphins trade pick 13 to the Patriots for a Brady meet and greet, plus autographed picture”.

When he was blogger for entire AFC East he was always up on their nuts. He LIVED in Miami yet still showed extreme bias towards everything Pats. Even now when they have any of their blogger combo things with the other AFC East team bloggers, he panders to the greatness of NE, and typically is really negative about the Phins.

Listening to the radio on the way home today they were talking about the NBA and mock drafts. The guy says, if you want to drive traffic to your site I’ll do mock drafts all yr long (he said he starts his in Nov.), the fans go crazy for them.

That’s all part of it man. Like I said, anything you can do to prevent the guy you’re coving from making a catch without a penalty. That of course includes good coverage and the QB chooses to look somewhere else.

Omar’s stat about when Albert, Pouncey, and James start and finish a game the Fins are like 7-1. Doesn’t it seem like the OL is the key to the team? And if that’s the case, why not take a guy like Conklin at #13 to play guard, but could move into a Tackle spot if one of them get injured?

Yesss! We need to draft a OT/OG somewhere in this draft.
Heck I’d even be ok with Ryan Kelly in the 2nd rd. He can play OG, preferably LG…and if Pouncey gets dinged up again, or his play tapers off and we need to cut the high cost in 2017, then Kelly can then lock down our Center position for the next several years.

Omar’s stat about when Albert, Pouncey, and James start and finish a game the Fins are like 7-1. Doesn’t it seem like the OL is the key to the team? And if that’s the case, why not take a guy like Conklin at #13 to play guard, but could move into a Tackle spot if one of them get injured?

cause if you pay attention, the o line has nothing to do with it. it is all about a qb that takes too many sacks and a defense that cant stop a pop warner team from running the ball.

was just watching the rays vs orioles and the pitcher that came in to pitch for the O’s late in the game used to play ball against my son in lots of all star tournaments and aau ball. kind of pretty cool.

Piggy, if you want to get to #3 before anyone else does so you know you can get your guy, I don’t get why you wait until draft day? If you’re moving to #8 maybe you wait because there will be picks before you go, but #3 guarantees you the top 3 prospects on your board.

Dolphins CB Byron Maxwell expects to get to play more press coverage in 2016.
“That’s one of the things I do best,” Maxwell said. “(DC Vance Joseph) wants us to press and play man coverage and be aggressive with the receivers on the line and get them off their routes. … I love it down here.” Maxwell clearly believes he wasn’t unleashed enough in Philly. Maxwell excelled pressing in Seattle. He should be better than he was in 2015, but that’s not a high bar to clear.

He actually played really well for a string of games that people forget. He went something like 11 games giving up low catches #’s, YPC and 0 TDs. He had a rough start and a couple of rough games at the end before getting the shoulder injury. As usual all people remember is the bad stuff.

He can move good right now and still have the underlying knee issue, so to me this video shows he should be ready by start of TC, which i dont think has ever been in question, the fear is with what Tim reported the other day, if that indeed is the underlying problem, then his chance of injury is high, his chance of a shortened career is high, and there isnt really any repairing it since its a degenerative condition.

Over here in Mobile, during this season, they have a big crawfish boil at most of the local bar’s. AYCE for usually small cover charge (5ish) or conditional that you buy a couple of drinks. Inst policed very hard at all lol. Usually each bar has their own day they do it, so its possible to eat crawfish every day of the week for next to nothing in cost.

Thats pretty much a weekly thing too so during crawfish season you could pretty much eat it non-stop for several weeks. I like the potatoes and corn the most, the crawfish is good too but man the corn, potatoes, big chunks of cooked onion, mushrooms and olives sometimes,….delicious.

After listening to Spence’s combine interview where the media just hammered him over and over about the drug issues, im OK with us taking him. He kept his composure even when i probably would have lost it on one of those reporters who just heard the same question answered before asking their version of the same friggin question. There were times he seemed to be getting ticked but he kept himself in check and moved forward. This was a BIG improvement over Senior Bowl week where a lot of people said his explanation was very aggressive, he didn’t seem at all humbled or come to closure with it, came off cocky and a bit asinine. Im still not sure how i feel about him being our 1st round selection but id be willing to take him for sure by our second or if we did trade back in the 1st id be on board with a later 1st round selection. There is still some risk there bringing him to south beach, but his combine interview went a long way with me.

I under stand it, but the aura of South Beach is pretty big, its draws people in. A lot of the NFL guys who get in trouble, DUI, possession charges, club brawls, also get int rouble in Miami even not as part of our team lol. Its a part place and bad shit happens in party places. Miami doesnt hold exclusive rights, but you have to admit its probably higher than most as far as celebs getting in trouble.

Tim Knight says:
April 27, 2016 at 9:01 am
Wow that was really intense. LOL
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D says:
April 27, 2016 at 10:12 am
He can move good right now and still have the underlying knee issue, so to me this video shows he should be ready by start of TC, which i dont think has ever been in question, the fear is with what Tim reported the other day, if that indeed is the underlying problem, then his chance of injury is high, his chance of a shortened career is high, and there isnt really any repairing it since its a degenerative condition.
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Oh and Tim, that to old people looks like pure murder, to a young person they probably go meh. Any one of us tries that shit in the video and we probably vomit right after if we even make it through the whole routine.

Look i agree that people can get in trouble anywhere, someone wants to party they will. South Beach however, does present a very crazy party atmosphere, many celebs come there and wind up in trouble. The main difference is that lure, is a occasional thing to those visiting, and to a person who may have issues avoiding that lifestyle, faced with it daily may make it hard for a guy who isnt truly past his demons. I think he is personally, his interview was pretty solid IMO.

To say there is no risk there, or no more risk than anywhere i think is a foolish thing to say. 12 step programs dont tell the person suffering from addiction to go hang out where it is around all the time, and to a guy like him, and Dion Jordan, partying is their addiction.

No you should just temper the selection with the potential risk. I said i think the guy is past his demons just from what i saw on the interview. I am presenting an argument about selecting him at a more appropriate point to balance out the risk/reward.

Rock,
It looks like its mostly just Barry Jackson stirring that pot. It was his article and his tweet that started that and in comments, both within the article itself and in response to other people replying to the article, he seems to have issue with Suh and dolphins FO choices in general. Go read the article he wrote and then read the comments below. You will see what i mean.

Yeah i think he could. His size is not prototypical. He lacks some of the core strength to really be seen as a perfect fit in a lot of systems, but his athletic traits and potential to turn into a Cam Wake kinda pass rusher probably pushes him to either late first, early second.

Yeah at 6-2 250 I can’t see him as an every down DE in a 4-3 but probably as a 3-4 OLB. In a 4-3 he’d be a pass rush specialist but there is nothing wrong with that because he could play 25 very important snaps. But if that is the case with him, I can’t see him being a 1st rd pick for 4-3 teams.

I think you are right though DBolt, thats who he reminds me of the most. You know another guy who i think could develop into that same kinda guy, and this may sound shocking, but Ian Seau has a lot of traits like Wake. He could be a late rounder who could be taken to develop like him.

He is a FA at end of 2017, id be setting up the negotiations now, even if the deal doesn’t come until after the season. Another thing to consider is what other safeties between now and then get new contracts. 10-11 may be cheap if someone get a big pay day pushing the numbers up even more. Earlier deals a lot of times are cheaper deals.

I think he is boom or bust, he either turns out to be the next Cam Wake (even though IMO i think Wake has one of the best work ethics and levels of professionalism i have ever seen in a player) or he is a bust.

GD, the NFL is a business. Players beat up their bodies and teams show no loyalty to them when they lose a step and cut them like they don’t matter.

So players try to get everything they can. I think Jones is fairly paid because he’s not the best Safety in the league, but he’s one of the good ones. But he’s paid like one of the good ones and was probably overpaid early in his deal and now he’s matched it.

Wake coming out of college was 6’3 240, not overly strong upper body wise, only got 20 reps on the BP.

Spence is 6’2 250, 25 reps. They had pretty similar broad jump scores so the off the line explosiveness and instant acceleration would be pretty similar.

Ian Seau is also 6’2 250. 22 reps of 225, and a little less on the broad jump. From the video i watched of him he has pretty great technique too i think it helps him with not having the same level or explosiveness off the snap but he was effective in college and stood out pretty good in the film study.